Regularity of the solution to a real Monge--Ampère equation on the boundary of a simplex

Abstract

Motivated by conjectures in Mirror Symmetry, we continue the study of the real Monge--Ampère operator on the boundary of a simplex. This can be formulated in terms of optimal transport, and we consider, more generally, the problem of optimal transport between symmetric probability measures on the boundary of a simplex and of the dual simplex. For suitably regular measures, we obtain regularity properties of the transport map, and of its convex potential. To do so, we exploit boundary regularity results for optimal transport maps by Caffarelli, together with the symmetries of the simplex.

13 pages; to appear in International Mathematics Research Notices